अंशावतार

{ aṁśāvatāra }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AṀŚĀVATĀRA   The incarnation of God on earth is called avatāra. When the incarnation is only partial, that is, when only some of the divine elements incarnate, it is called aṁśāvatāra (Aṁśa=part). Chapters 54 to 64 of Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata give us a list of the gods who have incarnated partially. The following list of devas and their aṁśāvatāras is based upon the account given in the [fourth Skandha of Śrī Mahādevī Bhāgavata] .

Name of the god	Name of the aṁśāvatāra
1. Kaśyapa	Vasudeva
2. Ādiśeṣa	Balabhadra
3. Nārāyaṇarṣi	Śrī Kṛṣṇa
4. Yamadharma	Yudhiṣṭhira
5. Aśvinīdevas	Nakula and Sahadeva
6. Dharma	Vidura
7. Śiva	Aśvatthāmā
8. Gandharvarāja	Devaka
9. Aṣṭavasu	Bhīṣma
10. Marudgaṇa	Kṛpa; Kṛtavarmā
11. Aditi	Devakī
12. Nararṣi	Arjuna
13. Vāyu	Bhīmasena
14. Sūrya	Karṇa
15. Bṛhaspati	Droṇa
16. Varuṇa	Śantanu
17. Marut	Virāṭa
18. Haṁsa	Dhṛtarāṣṭra
19. Dvāpara	Śakuni
20. Pāvaka	Dhṛṣṭadyumna
21. Kali	Duryodhana
22. Rākṣasa	Śikhaṇḍī
23. Varuṇa	Drupada
24. Viśvedevas	Sons of Pāñcālī
25. Dhṛti	Mādrī
26. Vipracitti	Jarāsandha
27. Hayagrīva	Keśi
28. Bāṣkala	Bhagadatta
29. Lamba	Pralamba
30. Sanatkumāra	Pradyumna
31. Lakṣmī	Pāñcālī
32. Siddhi	Kuntī
33. Mati	Gāndhārī
34. Jaya	Hiraṇyākṣa
35. Vijaya	Hiraṇyakaśipu
36. Hiraṇyākṣa	Rāvaṇa
37. Hiraṇyakaśipu	Kumbhakarṇa
38. Rāvaṇa	Śiśupāla
39. Kumbhakarṇa	Daṇḍavaktra
40. Prahlāda	Śalya
41. Kālanemi	Kaṁsa
42. Anuhlāda	Dhṛṣṭaketu
43. Khara	Dhenuka.

(For more details see under the word, AVATĀRA).

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A descent or incarnation of an emanation from the divine essence;--as disting. from पूर्णावतार.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. ईश्वराच्या अंशाचा अवतार ; ह्याच्या उलट पूर्णावतार ( यांत प्रत्यक्ष ईश्वरच अवतार घेतो .) ( सं . अंश + अवतार )